Wet weather on the way

The wet and windy weather is expected to continue across the state, gradually easing into next week.

Some isolated heavy falls have occurred across the region, so catchments are now saturated which could lead to isolated flash flooding during heavy showers.

Please be careful when on the roads in heavy rain. If its flooded forget it!

Some events, such as the Maryborough Markets, have now been cancelled due to the wet, and a minor flood warning for the Mary River at Gympie was issued by the BoM at 1pm today.

River level rises are likely during Thursday with isolated areas of minor flooding possible.

The Mary River at Tiaro may reach the minor flood level (6m) later in the week and remain below the minor flood level (5m) at Maryborough.

Current emergency information is available at www.qld.gov.au/alerts

Stay up to date with road closures and flood information on the Council’s Disaster Dashboard website http://disaster.frasercoast.qld.gov.au

We encourage all residents to save a link to the Disaster Dashboard on their mobile phone home screen so they can quickly access vital information, particularly during severe weather events.

You can also sign up for online notifications on the disaster dashboard. 

The dashboard contains links to flood maps, links to road closures, sewage and water outages and river height information.

Road and traffic information is also available from the Department of Transport at QLDTraffic.qld.gov.au 

You can also download the QLDTraffic app or call 13 19 40.

You can also sign up for SMS traffic alerts for selected far north and south coast regions.

Road condition information is also available from the RACQ at https://roadconditions.racq.com.au